cultus
1 Americannoun
plural
cultuses, cultinoun
plural
cultuses,plural
cultusnoun
Etymology
Origin of cultus1
From Latin, dating back to 1630–40; cult
Origin of cultus2
1850–55, < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perhaps itself < Chinook Jargon)
Example Sentences
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It opened in 1934 near the Ballard Locks, featuring Alaska stickleback, pipe fish, yellow-banded perch, blennies and cultus cod, according to HistoryLink.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
As Scientologists do battle with the government in Germany, they could point out that religion apparently comes from the Latin religare, or "to bind"; cult comes from the Latin cultus, meaning "worship."
From Time Magazine Archive
Iconol′ater, an image-worshipper; Iconol′atry, the worship of images; Iconol′ogist; Iconom′achist, one opposed to the cultus of icons; Iconom′achy, opposition to the same.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Before I came to Puget Sound I had heard of a cultus potlatch.
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange
With the cultus of the Bennu at Heliopolis is connected the story of the phœnix.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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